Barrel-filling machine



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Patented Nov. 3,1896.

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Patented Nov 3, 1896.

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UNITED STATES rErQm E- JonXs'roN E. J. GOODLETT, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

BARREL-FILL! NG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,851, dated November 3, 1896.

Application filed November 30, 1894. Serial No. 576,226. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHNSTON E. J. Goon- LETT, of Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and Improved Automatic Filling Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in that class of fillers for liquid receptacles which are provided with a valve attachment for automatically cutting off the flow of liquid when a receptacle is filled to the required limit.

The construction and operation of the apparatus are as hereinafter described, reference being had to accompanying drawings (three sheets) in which Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of the main portion of my improved apparatus or instrument, omitting the trigger for the trip-levers. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, omitting the trigger for the valve-lever. Fig. 3 is a detail section of a portion of the apparatus. Fig. 4 is a detail side view of a por tion of the apparatus. Fig. 5 is in part a section and in part a side view of the main portion of the apparatus. Fig. 6 is a side View of the complete apparatus. Fig. 7 is a crosssect-ion on line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

The tubular body of the apparatus or instrument consists (see Fig. 6) of a tube A, a gooseneck A, a valve-chamber A, which connects the parts A A, also an extension A', which is flexibly coupled to A by a universal joint B. The extension A is screwthreaded to adapt it to be screwed into a tank (not shown) from which the supply of liquid is to be drawn. The universal coupling B enables the gooseneck or discharge end A of the instrument to be directed in any direction vertically or laterally. It is formed mainly of four parts, namely, two cylinders or cylindrical tubes 1, Figs. 5 and 6, each having opposite openings at opposite sides, and an intermediate tubular section 2 of irregular form. The said cylinders are arranged at right angles to each other, and the tube A is screwed into one of them and the extension A into the other.

The body-section 2 is provided at each end, on opposite sides thereof, with two lateral parallel ears 3, which are perforated transversely. To one pair of such ears,'at each end of the section 2, are pivoted semicircular clamping-arms 4, whose radial free ends 5 are provided with notches to receive screws 6, which are pivoted to the ears on the opposite side of the section 2. In putting the parts of the coupling in place the semicircular arms 4 pass around the cylinders 1 1 on each side of the tube A and extension A as shown, and the screws 6 drop into the notches in their free ends 5 and are secured by wing-nuts 7, so that the parts are clamped firmly together to form a water-tight joint that will, nevertheless, allow the tube A and its attached gooseneck or nozzle A to be turned or deflected at anyangle desired.

The valve-chamber A for connecting parts A and A, has an enlargement on the upper side, Fig. 1, which serves as a chamber for the valve 8 when the latter is thrown back from its seat 9, as shown. The seat is formed by the end-of the gooseneck which projects into the chamber A the seat having an angle or inclination of about forty-five degrees.

The valve 8 is attached to an arm 10, fixed radially on a rotatable shaft 11, which passes through and is journaled in the enlarged portion of the chamber A A long arm or lever 12 is applied, Fig. 2, to one of the projecting ends of this shaft 11 and secured by a clampscrew 13 to a short slotted sector 14, Fig. 4:, which is keyed on the shaft 11 beside the lever 12.

It is apparent that the lever 12, being mounted loose on the shaft 11,n1ay be adjusted around the latter to vary its angle to the valve 8 and held or clamped in any adjustment to slotted sector 14. The outer end of the latter is roughened or toothed on the inner side to increase friction between it and the lever.

To the end of the valve-shaft 11 opposite that carrying the lever 12 is affixed a coiled plate-spring 15, Fig. 3, whose function is to hold the valve normally closed. The tension of this spring is regulatedby a rotatable screw, rod 16 and a nut 17, which works on the latter, one end of such spring 15 being attached to the nut and the other to the valve-shaft 11, as shown.

The spring 15 and its tension-regulating device are inclosed in a vertical chambered extension 18 of the valve-chamber A Figs. 3 and 6, save that the winged or flattened end of the screw-rod is accessible on the outer side.

The mechanism for tripping the lever 12 is constructed as follows: A trigger or tripcatch 19, of irregular form, Fig. 1 and 6, is pivoted and thus adapted to swing vertically on a bracket 20, fixed on the handle A This trigger 19 is weighted by extensions on its outer side and provided on its inner side with two angular shoulders 21 and 22. The upper shoulder 21 engages the lateral projection 23 on the free end of the lever 12 and the lower one, 22, engages a corresponding shoulder 24 of a trip-lever 25, which is pivoted to the bracket beneath the trigger 19. The outer end of this lever 25 is weighted and its inner end is pivoted to another shorter lever 26, which is pivoted at one end to the body of the instrument and at the other end to the rod 27 which carries the float 28. Thus the two parts 25 and 26 are arranged side by side and constitute in effect a compound lever. The aforesaid float 28 is arranged loosely in a tubular holder 29, pendent from the gooseneck A, which holder is open at its lower end and attached to the gooseneck by arms 30, that diverge from its conical upper end and abut an internal shoulder 31 of the gooseneck. Said arms not only connect the parts A and 29, but allow space for passage of liquid from the gooseneck.

The float-rod 27 is protected and guided by a small vertical tube 32, whose lower end enters the upper end of the float-holder 29, and is provided at its lower end with an inwardlycurved finger or lug 33, which is perforated to serve as a guide for the rod 27.

The valve mechanism operates as follows: The float-holder and gooseneck being inserted up to the lateral ears 3%, Figs. 2 and 6, in the bunghole of a barrel or other cask to be filled, the lever 12 is drawn down and locked with the shoulder 21 of the trigger 19, as shown in Fig. 1, the valve 8 being thereby opened. The trigger 19 is prevented from tilting and releasing the lever 12 by reason of the engagement of its lower shoulder 22 with shoulder of float trip-lever 25. \Vhen the liquid has nearly filled the cask, the float 28, with its red 27, will be raised, thereby raising also the connected ends of the levers 25 and 26, which causes disengagement of the trigger 10 with the lever 25 and simultaneous release of the valve-lover 12, so that the valve instantly closes by action of the spring 15.

A gage-bar 35, Figs. 1 and 7, stands vertically 011 the upper side of the gooseneck 'A and is graduated to indicate gallons. A vpointer or index 36 is attached to the floatrod 27, and the latter is held by a screw-clamp 37 on the end of the lever 26, so that it may be adjusted higher or lower. By this arrangement the pointer 36 may be set to trip the trigger 19 at any angle that may be desired. In other words, this portion of the apparatus enables the vacant space to be left in a barrel to be determined in advance.

hat I claim is I 1. I11 a filling apparatus, the combination with tube, gooseneck, valve-float, float-rod, pivoted trigger, and valve-lever, of the compound float-lever formed of two parts, which are pivoted together and also separately at fixed points, one part being connected with the float-rod and the other having a shoulder that engages the trigger, as shown and described.

2. In a filling apparatus, the combination,

with the discharge-tube, of a valve arranged in a chamber of the same, a transverse axis for said valve, a coiled spring attached to one end of said axis, a screw-rod and nut for adjusting the tension of the spring, the valvelever and short slotted sector mounted on the valve alongside the lever, the one being fast and the other loose thereon; a clamp-screw which connects the lever and sector, and trip and float mechanism, arranged substantially as specified.

3. In a filling apparatus, the combination, with the tube, the valve, valve-lever, trigger, float, rod, and trip-lever, of a fixed graduated gage-bar, a pointer for the latter, and a clamp for holding it secured in any required adjustment, as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaifixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHNSTON '3. J. GO'ODLETT.

IVitnesses:

N. G. CASH, I. GREEN. 

